The thing with Dollar Stores is this ... you take your chances. They don't always stock the same items, so if you go into one store, you are not guaranteed that the same item will be in the next store, or will be in the original store a month from now. Also some items are great ... others not so much ... after all, it's a dollar store.

For car camping, I've picked up plastic bins and buckets for washing dishes and other things. One of the dollar stores in Winnipeg brought in a whole wall full of the camping gear you'd find in Walmart, Canadian Tire or the Army Surplus store ... ground sheets, pegs, waterproof holders for documents, inflatable pillows, collapsable water containers, etc. etc. I stocked up ... each item was $1, and they were the same brand as in the other department stores where they were selling them for much more. One of my local dollar stores sells little LED lights you can clip onto a bag or something. I brought one with me on my European trip and it was like a little night light or reading light. Another one of my local ones stocks all sorts of winter gear - head bands, neck gaiters, gloves, mitts, etc. I pick up some each winter ... $1 each. I like the headbands in particular because they are fairly thin so I can wear a helmet over them. I bring them on all my tours - you never know when it is going to cool off. Those are just some examples of things I've picked up from $$ Stores.